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Title: CeCe McDonald to Be Released From Prison
Post by: Shana A on January 04, 2014, 03:58:22 PM
Post by: Shana A on January 04, 2014, 03:58:22 PM
CeCe McDonald to Be Released From Prison
McDonald will be released from prison January 13. Meanwhile, Orange Is the New Black star and fellow African-American trans woman Laverne Cox is producing a documentary about McDonald's life.
BY Parker Marie Molloy
January 03 2014 10:28 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/03/cece-mcdonald-be-released-prison (http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/03/cece-mcdonald-be-released-prison)
Minnesota trans woman CeCe McDonald, imprisoned for second-degree manslaughter in what some activists believe was a case of self-defense, will be released January 13, just 19 months into her 41-month sentence.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections recently updated its website to reflect the January 13 release date for McDonald. In May of 2012, McDonald reached an agreement with prosecutors wherein she would plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of Dean Schmitz on the night of June 5, 2011. A month later, she was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
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Since being charged, McDonald has become something of a folk hero among transgender activists. Many view her as a victim of circumstance, as someone guilty only of self-defense, as someone denied justice by the very system charged with providing it.
Laverne Cox, herself an African-American trans woman and the breakout star of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, is producing a documentary about McDonald's life, titled Free CeCe! It is currently in production and is scheduled to be released sometime in 2014.
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Laverne Cox creating doc about trans-bashing of Cece McDonald
By Jeremy Feist
Published Thu, Jan 2, 2014 3:15 am EST
http://dailyxtra.com/ideas/blogs/toronto-diary/laverne-cox-creating-doc-trans-bashing-cece-mcdonald?utm_content=buffer55a6d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer (http://dailyxtra.com/ideas/blogs/toronto-diary/laverne-cox-creating-doc-trans-bashing-cece-mcdonald?utm_content=buffer55a6d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer)
Thanks in large part to her breakout performance in the Netflix original Orange Is the New Black, Laverne Cox has become one of the most visible trans actresses working today. She's been using her now elevated platform to shed light on issues regarding race, class and trans people.
For her next project, Free CeCe, Cox will delve into the case of Cece McDonald. McDonald was a victim of trans-bashing back in 2011 who fought back against her attackers. Unfortunately, one of her attackers died of injuries McDonald inflicted on him in self-defence, and she was sentenced to 41 years in a men's correctional facility for manslaughter.
In an interview with Persephone Magazine, Cox and her co-producer on the project, Jacqueline Gares, discussed the case and how anti-LGBT violence disproportionately affects trans people and people of colour. Cox told Persephone that "CeCe's story in so many ways encapsulates the intersectional issues that lead to far too many of us experiencing violence. I wanted to do a piece that explores the nature of how race, class and gender affect violence towards trans women and also give CeCe a space to tell her story in her words in the context of a piece that truly values the lives of trans women of color."
McDonald will be released from prison January 13. Meanwhile, Orange Is the New Black star and fellow African-American trans woman Laverne Cox is producing a documentary about McDonald's life.
BY Parker Marie Molloy
January 03 2014 10:28 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/03/cece-mcdonald-be-released-prison (http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/03/cece-mcdonald-be-released-prison)
Minnesota trans woman CeCe McDonald, imprisoned for second-degree manslaughter in what some activists believe was a case of self-defense, will be released January 13, just 19 months into her 41-month sentence.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections recently updated its website to reflect the January 13 release date for McDonald. In May of 2012, McDonald reached an agreement with prosecutors wherein she would plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of Dean Schmitz on the night of June 5, 2011. A month later, she was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
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Since being charged, McDonald has become something of a folk hero among transgender activists. Many view her as a victim of circumstance, as someone guilty only of self-defense, as someone denied justice by the very system charged with providing it.
Laverne Cox, herself an African-American trans woman and the breakout star of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, is producing a documentary about McDonald's life, titled Free CeCe! It is currently in production and is scheduled to be released sometime in 2014.
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Laverne Cox creating doc about trans-bashing of Cece McDonald
By Jeremy Feist
Published Thu, Jan 2, 2014 3:15 am EST
http://dailyxtra.com/ideas/blogs/toronto-diary/laverne-cox-creating-doc-trans-bashing-cece-mcdonald?utm_content=buffer55a6d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer (http://dailyxtra.com/ideas/blogs/toronto-diary/laverne-cox-creating-doc-trans-bashing-cece-mcdonald?utm_content=buffer55a6d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer)
Thanks in large part to her breakout performance in the Netflix original Orange Is the New Black, Laverne Cox has become one of the most visible trans actresses working today. She's been using her now elevated platform to shed light on issues regarding race, class and trans people.
For her next project, Free CeCe, Cox will delve into the case of Cece McDonald. McDonald was a victim of trans-bashing back in 2011 who fought back against her attackers. Unfortunately, one of her attackers died of injuries McDonald inflicted on him in self-defence, and she was sentenced to 41 years in a men's correctional facility for manslaughter.
In an interview with Persephone Magazine, Cox and her co-producer on the project, Jacqueline Gares, discussed the case and how anti-LGBT violence disproportionately affects trans people and people of colour. Cox told Persephone that "CeCe's story in so many ways encapsulates the intersectional issues that lead to far too many of us experiencing violence. I wanted to do a piece that explores the nature of how race, class and gender affect violence towards trans women and also give CeCe a space to tell her story in her words in the context of a piece that truly values the lives of trans women of color."
Title: Re: CeCe McDonald to Be Released From Prison
Post by: Jamie D on January 04, 2014, 04:08:13 PM
Post by: Jamie D on January 04, 2014, 04:08:13 PM
Cece should not have entered into a plea bargain. I understand she felt being trans would have caused bias in a jury, but still. I believe in innocent until proven guilty.
The Governor should have pardoned her, or commuted the sentence.
I wish CeCe the very best.
The Governor should have pardoned her, or commuted the sentence.
I wish CeCe the very best.
Title: After 19 Months In Men’s Prison, CeCe McDonald Released
Post by: DriftingCrow on January 13, 2014, 05:33:12 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on January 13, 2014, 05:33:12 PM
After 19 Months In Men's Prison, CeCe McDonald Released
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/after-19-months-in-mens-prison-cece-mcdonald-released
Tony Merevick, BuzzFeed
CeCe McDonald, a Minnesota transgender woman who was sentenced to 41 months in a men's prison for fatally stabbing a man who attacked her during a hate crime, was released Monday, a Minnesota prison official confirmed with BuzzFeed.
McDonald plans to issue a public statement concerning her release, and has asked her supporters to allow her to spend her first days "in privacy with people she feels close to," according to her blog.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/after-19-months-in-mens-prison-cece-mcdonald-released
Tony Merevick, BuzzFeed
CeCe McDonald, a Minnesota transgender woman who was sentenced to 41 months in a men's prison for fatally stabbing a man who attacked her during a hate crime, was released Monday, a Minnesota prison official confirmed with BuzzFeed.
McDonald plans to issue a public statement concerning her release, and has asked her supporters to allow her to spend her first days "in privacy with people she feels close to," according to her blog.